Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124

[Dallas-Dakota]

Sorry, the doppelgangers had their vacation, now it's time for them to go back and practice so they can qonqour the world for me, later.

(I figure once they beat Australia, there will be no challenge left)

[Thanatos 51-50]

Woo. Initial panic has calmed down.

[Coidzor]

Good, hope there's no broken gas lines nearby.

[Thanatos 51-50]

I am situated on the Ring of Fire. that type of stuff is usually accounted for in the building codes.

[Dragonrider]

Random fact:

I generally like British pronunciations of things.

But I cannot abide they way they/you (sorry, my friends!) pronounce "schedule".



Glad I got that off my chest.

[Destro_Yersul]

do you mean 'she-jule' or 'ske-jule'? Those are the two I've heard, and I'm not sure which is from where.

[eidreff]

Is that the "sked" or "shed" version... I have heard Britishers say it both ways!

Itinerary is a much better work imo.

@Thanatos How serious was the 'quake? Are they a regular as in daily/weekly occurrence?

[Neko Toast]

Random fact:

I generally like British pronunciations of things.

But I cannot abide they way they/you (sorry, my friends!) pronounce "schedule".



Glad I got that off my chest.

... You know, you're right. It's not spelled "Shedule", British people. There is a C in it.

Just like there's an A in the word "idea", not an R.

[Thanatos 51-50]

@Thanatos How serious was the 'quake? Are they a regular as in daily/weekly occurrence?

6.9 Magnitude, 100 NM S of the main island. Micro-quakes and other small earthquakes are pretty common all along the RoF. This was a particulalrly big one.

[eidreff]

but I think that the sh is as in the word Schadenfreude.. a soft germanic pronunciation. maybe. I'm no expert.

Edit: That worries me.. we had a tiny earth tremor hear in the north of britain a year or so ago.. people talked about it for days after, and the chimney on a house down the road fell off.. i slept through it. I can't imagine that kind of thing as a regular part of life! *is glad that he lives is a geologically settled area*

[Coidzor]

^:It's not quite on the mark to be in line with Schadenfreude's "Sch" But it is a bit close.

I actually take more umbrace with the latter part of the word. there's just something about their emphasis on that which makes my skin crawl.

Or possibly the shed bit just brings out the worst of the yule log goodness.

I am situated on the Ring of Fire. that type of stuff is usually accounted for in the building codes.

Well, yeah, it is Japan, after all. But it's still a possibility or else they make it out to be, even if they prepare against it.

[unstattedCommoner]

do you mean 'she-jule' or 'ske-jule'? Those are the two I've heard, and I'm not sure which is from where.

I pronounce it "time-table"

[Thanatos 51-50]

Well, yeah, it is Japan, after all. But it's still a possibility or else they make it out to be, even if they prepare against it.

Point. There have been no reports of damage that have reached my ears.

[Phase]

Ahh, summer. I have but a few more days left before I have to get started on my paper...

[Dragonrider]

Typically, Americans say "sked-jule" and Britlanders say "shed-jule", from what I know...anyway, I've never heard "shed" from an American.

It's a fatal flaw in your otherwise glorious linguistic assortment, my dear Englishpersons.

[Recaiden]

Ahh, summer. I have but a few more days left before I have to get started on my paper...

What sort of a paper is this that you have to do?

And yes, it's skedule.

[Phase]

What sort of a paper is this that you have to do?

And yes, it's skedule.

On the immune response of partially protected mice when they are challenged over a period of six months with Plasmodium Yoelii.

[Alteran]

Typically, Americans say "sked-jule" and Britlanders say "shed-jule", from what I know...anyway, I've never heard "shed" from an American.

I always say sked-jule. Shed-jule just...it feels really strange to say it like that. I don't know why.

Although I'll agree that Britain does well otherwise with their language. I especially admire their use of the letter "u" in words such as colour and honour.

[Moofin Bard]

Here's my theme song. It's beastly.
Peaches!

Or it might even be this one:
Chocolate Rain?

BTW blood tastes super coppery. Like when I suck on old pennies which I do for some reason. Blood actually tastes pretty good...

[Thufir]

Typically, Americans say "sked-jule" and Britlanders say "shed-jule", from what I know...anyway, I've never heard "shed" from an American.

It's a fatal flaw in your otherwise glorious linguistic assortment, my dear Englishpersons.

LIES AND SLANDORZ.

I can't think of any instance when I've heard it pronounced shed-jule. There must have been such an occurrence, otherwise I wouldn't know it was an alternative pronunciation, but I can't actually remember it.
Certainly everyone I know pronounces it the way that sounds good.

[Recaiden]

Here's my theme song. It's beastly.
Peaches!

Or it might even be this one:
Chocolate Rain?

BTW blood tastes super coppery. Like when I suck on old pennies which I do for some reason. Blood actually tastes pretty good...

Old enough that they aren't made of zinc?
@Phase: Good luck with that.

[Moofin Bard]

Don't ruin my posts with your logic.

[Dragonrider]

LIES AND SLANDORZ.

I can't think of any instance when I've heard it pronounced shed-jule. There must have been such an occurrence, otherwise I wouldn't know it was an alternative pronunciation, but I can't actually remember it.
Certainly everyone I know pronounces it the way that sounds good.

Huh.

Probably a regional thing, then -

But I'm pretty sure TV English says the Sh....

[Rutskarn]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that ducks are overused. As birds go, they're not really all that funny. They're just comedic shorthand for OMG FUNNY ANIMAL LOL!

I think I found a way around it for UR1Ax3SPFW, though.

[eidreff]

Huh.

Probably a regional thing, then -

But I'm pretty sure TV English says the Sh....

We only say it that way for the cameras. Or to annoy people

@Rutskarn

Couldn't agree more. Ducks are only good when they are crispy on pancake.

[Hannes]

And now for something completely different...

We got a party name for our party last session.

It's SMORG.

It's composed of the first letters of the names of our characters.

Morg is morgue in Estonian.

SMORG also reads as "supermobiilne operatiiv ja ründegrupp" which translates as super mobile operative and attack group.

Multiple meanings, yay!

[Coidzor]

Ducks are rarely good due to so many people not knowing how to cook them and leaving them slimy from all of their fat.

'tis a very fine line, duck fat. And so easy to get too much of it.

I prefer gallinaceous birds anyway. mmm mmm mmm.

Jo, Hannes.

I pronounce an a in schedule and I am not ashamed of this. Slurring it just doesn't give the sense of importance actually bothering to use the word should have.

[Moofin Bard]

I like to pronounce words how they are spelled.

Like chemistry. It's CHemistry. With a hard CH sound.

[Assassin89]

Well right now, I am wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Why am I wearing this you ask? I am to going to a family reunion that celebrates the 50th wedding anniversary of my grandparents soon, and by grandparents, I mean the ones who are not from Taiwan.

[Coidzor]

So how does that differ from the usual way of saying Chemistry?

Also, who here takes advantage of the Private Message download tool when their inbox gets full?

I just started doing it as a matter of course once I saw it down there.

Assassin Man Man Man: That still doesn't explain why you're wearing a haiwaiian shirt for a more or less formal, celebratory but reserved occasion?